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Looks good! Good enough for me to want to go through a cavity search to get on? No.

[jjm2111]

I am curious about FReepers and people in general who have stopped flying after 9-11. I wonder what percentage of them flew very often (if at all) before 9-11. I really hate the security hassle, but I find myself flying still 5 or 6 times a year.

Did you fly a lot before 9-11? I can't drive to all the places I want to go, and even with video conferencing I still have to fly business once or twice. Plus the reserves will send me some where at least once.

[section9]

If Airbus says it is "not concerned" that is telling me something.

They are VERY concerned. Airbus is a state industry that cannot, apparently, move as fast as Boeing can. They have bet EVERYTHING on the A-380 being the successor to the 747 and making Airbus the king of the mountian. A-380 requires adjustments to terminals and gangways because the damn plane is so big. Methinks that Boeing has made the kind of flanking moves that will make 7E7 a more desirable buy than making the investment in A-380.

Be Seeing You,

Chris